Nippers.



P. SALE NIPPERS.

-' APPLICATION IIIJED JUNE 30, 1910.

987,173. Patented Mar. 21, 1-911.

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FRIEDRICH SALE, or nnssnmaonr, GERMANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMar. 21, 1911 Application filed June 30, 1910. Serial No. 569,634.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, FRIEDRICH SALE, a'

citizen of Germany, residing at Dusseldorf,

Germany, have invented a new and useful.

Improvement in Nippers, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to nippers of novel construction, more particularly adapted to facilitate the picking up and the manipulation of gems or similar small objects by jewelers. p r

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved longitudinal section thereof. s

A tubular casing or handle a is provided at one end with a tapering nipple a of reduced diameter whereby an annular shoul der a is formed between said casin and nipple. At its other end, casing a is internally threaded for the reception of a perforated screw cap a having a rim, the diameter of which exceeds that of casing 4;. Within casing a is movable a cylindrical plunger 8 provided with a reduced stem 8 I that passes outward through the perforation of cap at and carries a finger piece or knob 70. At its opposite end, plunger 8 has a socketed rod 8 into which are fitted a pluralit of resilient shanks d that are provide with hook-shaped ends or jaws di rected toward each other. Intermediate shoulder a and plunger 8 is provided a spring 7 which tends .to force plunger 8 against cap (1.", thereby drawing the jaws into nipple a. The shanks of the clutches coiled upon one another, at a point about midway between the claws and the plunger 8. In this way the resiliency and spread of the jaws are considerably augmented, and when the plunger is depressed, the jaws will uncoil and spread a considerable distance or spring jaws (Z are not parallel, but are with great energy. When the plunger is raised, the claws will rapidly contract around the article to be held and will firmly grasp the same, owing to the intercoiling of their shanks, as they are drawn into the casing.

I claim--.

A device of the character described, comprising a tubular casing, a nipple of reduced diameter provided at one end of the casing, a shoulder intermediatethe casing and nipple, aperforated screw cap tapped into the casing at its other end and having a rim, the diameter of which exceeds that of the casing, a plunger movable in the casing and having at one end a reduced knob-carrying stem that passes outwardly through the cap-perforation, a socketed rod at the other end of the plunger, a plurality of resilient 'intercoiled shanks fitted into the rod-socket and having jaws that are adapted to be projected outwardly through the nipple, and a spring intermediate the shoulder and plungerthat tends to draw the jaws into the nipple.

FRIEDRICH SALE. [1, a] Witnesses:

WALTER VANN\EGUT, ALFRED HENKEL. 

